I found it a tad strange that Barney Frank would "beg" Deval Patrick for the interim Senate seat being vacated by John Kerry.

Read on. It gets worse.

Here is a person who oozes arrogance, (as opposed to Kerry's pompous conceit) who defended Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from more government oversight — then "factually" declaring both "fundamentally sound." Bill O'Reilly rightly accused Frank of lying on his Fox TV show. Blustering Barney (I viewed the show) couldn't weasel out of the facts.

Remember Steve Gogie, who ran a prostitution ring out of Frank's home in Washington? An "ethics commission" reprimanded Frank — yet he insisted no wrongdoing. No one could make this stuff up.

Lately, Frank's husband, James Ready, was busted for possession of pot and growing weed at their Maine home. Frank quipped, "I'm not a great outdoorsman," adding that he didn't even "know what marijuana looked like." Again, no "wrongdoing." Classic lip-service.

Frank helped a Boston-based bank whose investors included the husband of crooked Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters, to "acquire" a federal bailout. The bank, One United, got $12 million in TARP funds — and has yet to pay it back. Nothing to see here folks — move along.

The Guest View of The Standard-Times on Jan. 6 ("Barney Frank should get interim Senate seat for good of Bay State") was gushingly odd in citing Frank's "exemplary career." One wanders whose chain is really being pulled here. Sounds fishy to this reader/writer. Again, simply jaw-dropping behavior.